The following excerpt is from an August 24, 2010 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
GUATEMALA CITY – Heavy rains caused by a tropical wave in Guatemala affected at least 600 people and damaged 116 homes while leaving millions in agricultural losses and several rivers overflowing their banks, officials said.
The Conred emergency management office said in its latest report on the rains that most of the 585 people affected live in the southern province of Escuintla.
On Guatemala’s southern coast, the torrential rains flooded at least three communities around the port of San Jose and damaged 26 homes.
At the same time in the municipality of Nueva Concepcion, Escuintla, another 18 communities were flooded by the overflowing Coyolate River…
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